Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it's faster than legacy dialog
2026-05-02T01:23:29Z•af061183bcc2bee22fcd11f6d5a5cbe332f826b1ccb15ab29e672a038ba1f7f7
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What happened
Feed of BleepingComputer security and Microsoft news: an exploit for a newly public Linux local privilege-escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” (affecting kernels since 2017) has been published and can give unprivileged users root — urgent patch/mitigation recommended. A new phishing service named Bluekit (40+ templates, basic AI assistant) increases phishing campaign usability and scale. Multiple operational-impact Windows items: April KB5083769 is breaking third‑party backup software on Windows 11 (24H2/25H2), Microsoft released KB5083631 and several fixes (including Remote Desktop .rd
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